Happening

See also: happening

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English happening, from Middle English *happenynge, *happnynge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛpənɪŋ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Hap‧pe‧ning

Noun

Happening n (strong, genitive Happenings or Happening, plural Happenings)

1. happening (spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation)

Declension

Declension of Happening [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Happening	die	Happenings
genitive	eines	des	Happenings, Happening	der	Happenings
dative	einem	dem	Happening	den	Happenings
accusative	ein	das	Happening	die	Happenings

Further reading

• “Happening” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Happening” in Duden online
• “Happening”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Happening” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon